Reflection Guide: Voices for the Death Penalty Teaching

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2011 Focus: The Death Penalty

Reflection Guide: Voices for the Death Penalty Teaching

Why do the US Catholic Bishops, in concert with the Vatican, call for an end to the use of the death penalty? What is required of us? Please click on the heading for each week to access the guide for reflection and prayer.

January 30-February 5
Application of the death penalty “is deeply flawed and can be irreversibly wrong, is prone to errors, and is biased...”

February 6-12
“State-sanctioned killing in our names diminishes all of us.”

February 13-19
"The sanction of the death penalty, when it is not necessary to protect society, violates respect for human life and dignity."

February 20-26
“We have other ways to punish criminals and protect society.”